Children's upper eyelids are red and swollen

No parents want their children to have health problems, but with the advent of food safety issues, more and more children are suddenly suffering from some difficult-to-cure diseases, so parents must pay special attention to their children's diet when taking care of them. Some parents find that their children’s upper eyelids are red and swollen. What should they do if children’s eyelids are red and swollen? Let’s learn about it together.

1. What to do if your baby's eyes are swollen

1 First of all, if the child's urine routine is normal, the child's weight is similar to that of peers, and the morning urine is not turbid or bloody, then your child's kidney function is very good and it is impossible for him to suffer from nephritis.

2 In clinical practice, we consider reasons such as drinking too much water before bedtime, environmental pollution, too low pillow, strong light stimulation to the eyes, etc. In addition, taking medications or children having a fever may also cause this condition.

3 It is recommended not to drink too much water before going to bed, and the pillow height should be about 5 cm when flattened. In addition, if there is a large amount of protein or salt in the diet, the child's eyes will be swollen when he wakes up in the morning, and the edema will disappear after consumption at noon. It is recommended to consider diet. Have you consumed large amounts of milk, eggs, various meats, including some seafood? You can use some vitamin-rich fruits to adjust it appropriately. For example: apples, oranges, bananas, kiwis (can be squeezed into juice), etc.

4 Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners believe that this is related to the child’s spleen and stomach not functioning properly, and there is a large amount of moisture in the stomach and intestines. Eat some green leafy vegetables that are rich in fiber. In addition, tofu and Poria cocos cakes (check if you can buy them in your supermarket, they are made of traditional Chinese medicine that nourishes the stomach and removes dampness) are very effective. Considering the above situation, I think your problem can be solved.

2. Eyelid swelling in children should not be ignored

Acute nephritis is a common disease among adolescents. If it is not treated in time or improperly, it can easily turn into chronic nephritis, and then develop into renal insufficiency, uremia and renal failure.

Many people know that the prognosis of this disease is poor. Although with the improvement of medical technology and the increase of treatment methods, in addition to drug treatment, the above-mentioned patients can also receive peritoneal dialysis, Chinese medicine colon perfusion, hemodialysis, and ultimately kidney transplantation, which can improve the patient's clinical symptoms, improve the quality of life, alleviate the patient's pain, and prolong survival. However, this is also very expensive and will add burden to patients, their families and even the country.

According to the observations of clinical physicians, a considerable portion of chronic nephritis is caused by failure to detect the early symptoms of acute nephritis and delayed treatment. Some patients with acute nephritis have an infection stage before the onset of the disease, especially in autumn, preschool children, and primary and secondary school students who have repeated respiratory infections (colds, fevers), tonsillitis, pharyngitis, scarlet fever, erysipelas, impetigo, and multiple furunculosis. If a streptococcal infection occurs and is not treated promptly or incompletely, it may affect the kidneys, leading to decreased urination and edema. In addition to the above-mentioned infection lesions, edema is one of the earliest and most prominent symptoms of nephritis.

70%-80% of patients with acute nephritis have edema, and the first part of the body where edema appears is the eyelids, which is most obvious when getting up in the early morning. Because the eyelid tissue is loose and the body lies flat at night, it is most likely to cause excess fluid accumulation and form edema.

Therefore, it is necessary to remind parents and teachers that once they find that their children have upper respiratory tract infections and eyelid edema, especially those that are more obvious in the early morning, parents should take their children to the hospital to see a doctor as soon as possible and do relevant examinations to try to detect the disease early and diagnose and treat it early.